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“Yes, and…”: encouraging interaction & engagement in collaborative spaces

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This blog article shows you how to facilitate engaging and equitable group work by naming and explaining some principles, or ‘moves’ from spontaneous improvisation. These mechanise and demystify the experience of exploratory talk, giving everyone the same conversational tools regardless of perceived shyness or other such challenges.    What did you do? Why did you do it?  ...

Highlights from Engagement week #2: How do we make breakout rooms successful? 

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For its second round of Engagement Week events in February, the TIPS Community’s posed this question to the teaching community at Leeds:  How can we make breakout rooms successful: what tips and tricks are there to keep learners engaged and create a positive experience? We focused on exploring learners' experiences of breakout spaces and held...

Growing our fully online education – find out more

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Academic colleagues with ideas for a fully online education programme are invited to find out how to make this a reality and expressions of interest to create fully online education programmes are now being encouraged, as part of this year’s IPE process.

Celebrating our PGCAP graduates

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Congratulations to our PGCAP graduates  Congratulations to over 20 of our colleagues who have graduated from the University's  PGCAP (Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice) during the last 14 months. It's time to celebrate them!  They have reflected their teaching socks off and dipped their toes into individual pedagogical research projects.  As a result, they have been...

Highlights from Engagement Week #1: Engaging and interactive learning

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How can we make our asynchronous and synchronous teaching more interactive? In December 2020, the TIPS Community celebrated its first Student Engagement Week with events and activities around engaging and interactive teaching and learning. In this post, we have highlighted top tips and tricks shared by colleagues on this week's asynchronous discussion board and during...

TIPS Engagement Week #2

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From 15 - 19 February 2021, the TIPS Community is celebrating its second Engagement Week with a series of events and activities around the hot topic of breakout rooms.  What tips and tricks are there to keep learners engaged and the experience positive for everyone in breakout room activities? Throughout this week, there will be several opportunities...